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Spencer County students are just a week into the new school year, but the Spencer County Board of Education and local teachers are already thinking toward the end of the year and how to prepare students for a new state accountability testing system.

Taylorsville’s Main Street Committee is moving forward with a reorganized structure and new leadership.
The reorganization and leadership, recommended by the committee itself, were approved during the Aug. 2 Taylorsville City Commission meeting.
The committee – which was previously made up of leaders from different areas, i.e., tourism, schools, etc. – will have the same number of voting members (12), but those voting members have new titles and responsibilities.

The Taylorsville City Commission will continue its practice of having only one regular monthly meeting after a motion to up that number to two failed.
Commissioner Nathan Nation made a motion at the city’s Aug. 2 meeting to have two regular meetings each month.
Saying he was willing to give it a try, Mayor Don Pay seconded the motion.
However, the motioned failed by a 2-3 vote, with commissioners Larry Waldridge, Kathy Spears and Beverly Ingram voting no.

Dawson Barr, 5, and his sister, Lauren, 7, were treated to a tour of Taylorsville’s Dairy Queen on Thursday as part of the restaurant’s participation in a fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Taylorsville Lake State Park officials recently set new guidelines to determine when the park’s trails will be closed due to weather.
In May through September of each year, 1 inch of rain will result in one day of trail closure.
One day of closure is added for each additional inch of rain.
In October through April of each year, that amount changes to 1/2 inch of rain resulting in one day of trail closure, with one day added for each additional 1/2 inch of rain.

A Spencer County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended 20 days without pay for having an unauthorized passenger in a patrol vehicle while on official business.
Gordon Miles Jr., who has been with the sheriff’s department since 2007, was suspended by sheriff Buddy Stump effective July 29-Aug. 23, after a citizen complaint and subsequent internal investigation revealed that Miles had Taylorsville resident Tammy Elmore in the vehicle on July 2 while on duty.